A prediction model of degradation rate for membrane electrode assemblies in direct methanol fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5749-5758

  Bae, Suk Joo ^a   Kim, Seong Joon ^a   Um, Sukkee ^a   Park, Jun Young ^b   Lee, Jin Hwa ^c   Cho, Hyejung ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accelerated degradation testing; Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Membrane electrode assembly (MEA); Random coefficients model; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED DEGRADATION TESTING; ANALYSIS RESULTS; BI-EXPONENTIAL MODELS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DEGRADATION CHARACTERISTICS; DEGRADATION RATE; FAILURE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; MATHEMATICAL BASIS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA); PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PERFORMANCE VARIATIONS; PREDICTION MODEL; RANDOM COEFFICIENTS; RANDOM EFFECTS; RANDOM-COEFFICIENTS MODEL; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; SECOND ORDER KINETICS;

DEGRADATION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 67650735250     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.04.071     Document Type: Article

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